Combination fire tongs and poker and stove lid lifter



Jan. 2s, 1932. J E; GESEL I 1,843,025

COMBINATION FIRE TONGS AND POKER AND STOVE LID LIFTER Filed Aprl 14, 1931 Patented Jan. 26, 1932 JOHN E. G. GEISEL, F LEI-IIGHTON, IENNSYLVALNIAr COMBINATION FIRE TONGS AND Application filed April 14,

yThis invention relates to a combination implement especially adapted Jfor use in connection with open lires and stoves, and the object of the invention is to provide an implement of this character embodying'a pair of poker elements forming the jaws of tongs, one of said members having a pivot eye and the other member a pivot pin or stem to engage said eye, whereby the jaws are pivotally and detachably connected, the said pivot pin or stem being sotormed as to serve as a stove lid lifter, whereby a convenient combination implement of the character set orthis produced. f f

- The invention consists of the 4features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully vdescribed and claimed, reference being had to the acco1npanying drawings, in which Fig, 1 is a top plan view of an implementy embodying my invention, showingthe jaws or poker elements as pivotally connected to form a pair of tongs. Y

Fig. 2'is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Figs. Sand 4.are, respectively, fragmentary views of the two jaws or poker elements.

Fig. is a cross-section on the line 5--5 of Fig. 1. v

Fig. 6 is a view illustrating the use of the stove lid lifter.

Figs. 7 and 8 are, respectively, fragmentary views showing a modified construction of the pivotal connection and stove lid lifter member of the implement.

Figs. 9 and 10 are top plan and side elevational views of a separately formed pivot and stove lid lifter member for attachment to one of thev poker elements.

In'the practical embodiment of my invention, as shown in Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive. I provide a combination implement of the character described comprising a pair of pivotallj connected jaws 1 and 2, each having at one end a loop shapedmanipulating handle 3 and at the other end an angularly bent arm or claw 4 terminating` in a pointed stirring or raking and gripping end 5. The elements or jaws 1 and 2 are adapted to be pivotally connected for use as tongs and are designed,

POKER A ND STOVE LII) LIFTER 1931. Serial N'o. 530,098.

when disconnected, to be separately employed as pokers for use in stirring a fire or performing other similar operations, for which purpose the raker or stirrer arms or claws 4 may be made of the same or different 'formations so that like or specifically diier- 55 ent stirring actions may be produced.

In order to adapt the elements 1 and 2 to be pivotally connected to form tongs, I provide the element 1 with a pivot loop or openn 60 ing 6 and the element 2 with a pivot member 7 to engage said .loop or opening. The member 7 forms a pivot pin or stem which engages the keeper eye or loop 6 with sufhcient looseness to adapt the elements 1 and 2 to be 65 opened and closed with a suitable degree of freedom. The member, pin or stein 7 is provided with a retaining projection 8 which operates to hold the members 6 and 7 pivotally connected and `from casual. disconnection, while, at the same time, allowing the jaws kor elements 1 and 2 to be connected or disconnected by predetermined,angular movements with relation to each other. lIhe projection 8 is provided with an engaging tip 9 and said projection and tip are shaped to form a lid lifting member adapted. as shown in Fig. 6, to be inserted in a depression 10 in a stove lid 11 and engaged with a lifting bar or cross piece 12 therein, so th at, when the element 2 is disconnected from the element 1, said element 2 may be employed as a stove lid lifter in a ready and convenient manner.

When the elements 1 and 2 are joined or pivotally connected, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a pair of tongsof conve-nient construction are provided which are capable of manipulation by means of the handles 3 for the purpose of relatively moving the arms 4 so that the rpoints 5 thereof may be caused to grip and hold lumps of coal, slate, clinkers or other particles in feeding a lire with fuel or removing incombustibles or consumed fuel particles 'and performing other like operations. Vhen the elements 1 and 2 are so combined in order to convert them into individual pokers for stirring or other purposes it is simply -necessary to move them relatively to one another in such manner that parts 6 and rhaving a retaining arm 8a signed to be slipped over the arm 4 A with the bodyportion lof the latter eir-v 7 will be disconnected, whereby the elements are detached for individual use. V

The form and construction of parts 6 and 7 may be varied to a considerable extent within the spirit and scope of my invention. In the present instance I have shown some of the modified constructions which may be employed. In Figs. V7 and 8,' for example,

the element 1 is shown as provided with an oblong eye or loop 'o'y for engagement with a pivot stem 7 on element@ having at its outer end a transverse retaining pro]ection 8 forme ing with the stem 7 a Tshaped lid lifter, as will be readily understood. Obviously, with this construction the elements 1 and 2 may be connected or disconnected byl bringing the cross portion 8 of the pivot member and lid lifter parallel with the or axis ofthe loop Gf whereas by bringing they two elements 1 and 2 in operative position with the crossportion 8 extending transversely of the loop 6l the said elements will be held in such relation lar ,opening 1li and .carrying a set screw or l clamping Smember 15. This form of independent pivot member and lid lifter isy deof member Q., tending through the angular opening 14. and the set -screw 15 is then tightenedV to clamp the pivot member and .lifter in properlyT applied position. This independent pivot meinber and lifter will engage the loop or eve 6 Aand operate in the same manner as the pivot member and lifter shown `in Figs. 1 to 6.

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vFrom the foregoing descriptiom'taken in connection with the drawings, thesconstruc!Y tion, mode of operation, uses'and advantages of my improved combination implementpwill be rea dilv understood, and it will be seen that the invention provides an (implement of this character embodyinga pair of tongs, the jaws or elements of which may be disconnected to form separate and independent pokers, and the pivotal connection between which vinfcludes a pivot member having afretaining portion forming therewith a stove lid lifter. The invention, therefore, producesan implement of simple constructionywhich may be manufactured and sold ata comparatively low oost, and which enables a number of'operations to be performed without the necessity of employing normally disconnected,

2,' but in Figs. 9 and separate and Aindependent tools lfor the purose. Y

While the constructions herein shown are preferred, it will, of course, be understood that changes in the form, proportions and details of construction of the parts of the device may be made within the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims, without departing from the spirit or sacri- Aficing any of the advantages o-f the invention.

` Having thus fully described my invention, kI Clamf- 1. Combined tongs, pokers and a Stove lid lifter comprising a pair of poker elements forming the jaws of a pair of tongs, one of said elements having akeeper and the other of said elements having a pivot member engageable with said keeper and provided with a retaining portion, said Vmember and retaining portion being shaped to form a stove lid lifter. v y f 2. Combination tongs and pokers comprising a pair Vof individual poker elements forming tliejawsof tongs, one of saidelements having a keeper openingfand the other of said elements having a hook'shaped pivot and retaining member engagingsaid keeper open-V ing andpi'votally anddetachably connecting said elements together. l

7 3.- A combination implement of the character set forth in claim 1 in which thepivot opening is of oblong form and the pivot member and stove lid lifter is T-shaped.

4. A combination implement of thevcharacter setfforth inclaini 1 inwhich the combined pivot member Vand stove lid lifter is formed'V separately from and'provide'd .with means for fastening it to the jaw orpoker element by which it is carried.. Y In testimony whereof I aiix my I JOI-IN E. GEISEL.

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